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it was true of ronald reagan, bill clinton, george herbert walker bush or even president obama. just a year-plus ago. and so our best opportunity to get our budget under control is in conjunction with the debt ceiling. frankly, because it's a big deal, the president should be negotiating with us to make sure it's not breached. we're losing days, because the president refuses to talk. >> do you agree that the affordable care act is part of nondiscretionary spending? >> well, i think parts of the affordable care act are part of nondiscretionary spending. >> okay, so understand when we shut the government down, it did not stop the affordable care act from going forward, correct? >> what has happened is clearly obama care has started to come into place. but you know, again, that's a part of media spent. we're past where we were a week ago. >> hold on a second. the reason i'm asking you that, congressman, is because this poll fight started out with your party saying that this piece of nondiscretionary spending, the affordable care act, something that was litigated in an election, you
it was true of ronald reagan, bill clinton, george herbert walker bush or even president obama. just a year-plus ago. and so our best opportunity to get our budget under control is in conjunction with the debt ceiling. frankly, because it's a big deal, the president should be negotiating with us to make sure it's not breached. we're losing days, because the president refuses to talk. >> do you agree that the affordable care act is part of nondiscretionary spending? >> well, i think...
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by and large, i think the bush and obama administration should be alawed for the efforts. the men and women who work in our law enforcement agencies to keep us safe. when the tragedies occur, we can't help but be heart broken. >> host: let's move to the budget. in the front page of the "washington post" this morning has the headline "lawmakers ready to weigh entitlement, president obama offered to trim -- g.o.p. leaders are embarrassing the proposal and rushing to jump start a debate that delve even more deeply to the touching topic of federal spending on the elderrerly. where do you come down for cpi, as being called as well as hired medicare premium yum and reduced benefit for welfare senior. >> guest: i think you have to start with the premises we can't keep spending money. we have. at the same time we have seniors who have paid in to these programs and folks years away from retirement who paid to social security and medicare with the understanding they have the are security that comes from the program being strong. actuary of either party will tell you the number in me
by and large, i think the bush and obama administration should be alawed for the efforts. the men and women who work in our law enforcement agencies to keep us safe. when the tragedies occur, we can't help but be heart broken. >> host: let's move to the budget. in the front page of the "washington post" this morning has the headline "lawmakers ready to weigh entitlement, president obama offered to trim -- g.o.p. leaders are embarrassing the proposal and rushing to jump...
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bush appointee. i think people are always sort of afraid of the irs. it is a boogeyman for everyone. ofry taxpayer worries about being audited. it feeds into a pre-existing negative feeling about the irs. people can relate to the idea of the irs harassing you. if you just read on a cursory level it's something that could hurt, you know, i guess the administration because people will associate it with barack obama. but i think the people who care most about this issue, which would be conservatives, republicans and the tea party, they're already mad at the president. they were already looking for reasons. >> if you were able to advise him how to handle this matter what does he do? >> i think this would be a good time to go back and look at structural reform of the tax code. ironically enough one of the issues that got put on the back burner because of sequester and other issue was looking at the tax code. i think what the president could do is appoint a commission and say we want to go through and thoroughly look at the tax code. look at whether the 501
bush appointee. i think people are always sort of afraid of the irs. it is a boogeyman for everyone. ofry taxpayer worries about being audited. it feeds into a pre-existing negative feeling about the irs. people can relate to the idea of the irs harassing you. if you just read on a cursory level it's something that could hurt, you know, i guess the administration because people will associate it with barack obama. but i think the people who care most about this issue, which would be...
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by and large, the bush administration and the obama administration should be applauded for the efforts. all the men and women who work throughout our law enforcement agencies, the fbi, cia, military, to try to keep us safe. but when these tragedies occur, we cannot help but be heartbroken and we need to see what more needs to be done. host: let's move on to the budget. the front page of the washington post has its headline -- where did you come down on a proposal from the president, the chained cpi, as well as higher medicare premiums and reduced benefits for wealthier seniors? guest: we have to start with the premise cannot keep spending money we don't have. we have a moral obligation to not rob the next generation of their opportunity to live the american dream. at the same time, we have seniors who have paid into this program, folks that are near retirement and those years away from retirement to have paid into social security and medicare with the understanding there will have the security of those programs being strong. actuaries of either party will tell you the numbers in medica
by and large, the bush administration and the obama administration should be applauded for the efforts. all the men and women who work throughout our law enforcement agencies, the fbi, cia, military, to try to keep us safe. but when these tragedies occur, we cannot help but be heartbroken and we need to see what more needs to be done. host: let's move on to the budget. the front page of the washington post has its headline -- where did you come down on a proposal from the president, the chained...
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barack obama and george bush were lucky. [laughter] the law could have put both of them away for their entire young adulthood, neither of one of them would be employable much less president. some argue that our drug laws are bias. but to be against them for that reason misses a larger point. they are unfair to everyone. white, black, brown, largely because of this idea that one size fits all. this idea that federal sentences should have no discretion. our federal mandatory sentences are heavy handed and arbitrary. they can affect anyone at any time. but they affect those without the means to fight them. we should stand and loudly proclaim enough is enough. we should not have laws that ruin the lives of young men and women who have committed no violence. that's why i have throughed a bill to repeal mandatory sentences. [applause] we should not have we should not have court lost that disproportionately punishes the black community. from government sanctioned jim crow laws was a product of bigoted state and local governments. i
barack obama and george bush were lucky. [laughter] the law could have put both of them away for their entire young adulthood, neither of one of them would be employable much less president. some argue that our drug laws are bias. but to be against them for that reason misses a larger point. they are unfair to everyone. white, black, brown, largely because of this idea that one size fits all. this idea that federal sentences should have no discretion. our federal mandatory sentences are heavy...
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there have been five bush circuit judges and five obama circuit judges. never a supreme court justice. there was a little exception with abe fortis which was different, never a district court judge and never a cabinet member denied a seat by a filibuster. so where's the crisis? madam president, in conclusion, i would make this suggestion. i think what makes americans angry about obamacare is the wrong direction is the 3,000-page bill, but as much as anything else is the raw exercise of political power in the middle of the night during a snowstorm to pass a bill by a partisan vote without a single bipartisan vote. if the democrats proceed to use the nuclear option in this way, it will be obamacare 2. it will be the raw exercise of political party to say we can do whatever we want to do. grandlin rice, the famous sportswriter, once said it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game. in this case, it's not so much what the rule is. it's how you change the rule. there have always been a few senators on either side of the aisle who care enough a
there have been five bush circuit judges and five obama circuit judges. never a supreme court justice. there was a little exception with abe fortis which was different, never a district court judge and never a cabinet member denied a seat by a filibuster. so where's the crisis? madam president, in conclusion, i would make this suggestion. i think what makes americans angry about obamacare is the wrong direction is the 3,000-page bill, but as much as anything else is the raw exercise of...
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the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens when we are no longer the strongest country? what happens when there is another country that has drones and wants to use them in the same way? host: from twitter -- guest: on fortunately, that is the view of many people and i am not saying it is wrong. there are good people in congress, people who care, but there are frankly, a lot of bad people. there are some uniquely bad people there who do not really think about these issues. if you rely on congress to protect your rights, you know nothing of history. congress has never been a protector of civil liberty. what is dangerous now is that you have a president with the democratic party who is a certain these unconstitutional powers and you have republicans that defended them und
the obama and bush administrations have torn that structure down. what is left is the state of nature. the american government that played such a key role in developing this international law is returning the world to a state of nature where the strongest country does whatever it wants. you have to ask yourself -- what happens when we are no longer the strongest country? what happens when there is another country that has drones and wants to use them in the same way? host: from twitter --...
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nominations than it did during the time of president bush's administration. in addition, over the past few months, the senate has passed significant pieces of legislation: the farm bill, the water resources development act, and the marketplace fairness act. we have considered bills i have supported and bills i have opposed. but the fact is, we have given these pieces of legislation due consideration that would be required of the world's greatest deliberative body. at the beginning of this congress, the senate agreed to a new standing order to expedite senate consideration in exterior circumstances. but the majority leader has not even attempted to use the expedited procedures -- not once. so i ask, why then threaten the very fabric of how this institution was created? i have served in the senate just four years, all of which i have been a member of the minority. mr. president, i would caution my colleagues whose experiences have been conversely limited serving only in the majority: sh -- should the majority go down the road of the nuclear option, then there i
nominations than it did during the time of president bush's administration. in addition, over the past few months, the senate has passed significant pieces of legislation: the farm bill, the water resources development act, and the marketplace fairness act. we have considered bills i have supported and bills i have opposed. but the fact is, we have given these pieces of legislation due consideration that would be required of the world's greatest deliberative body. at the beginning of this...
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on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantÁnamo and to reject torture without exception or equivocation to the also criticized previous administration for executive secrecy, including repeated invocation of the state secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of course, and he promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has fulfilled some of those promises, and inconspicuously failed to fulfill others. in some cases because congress has lost them but in other places -- block them. as mentioned earlier, i level of secrecy surrounding the rendition and torture of detainees cannot continue to be justified on the basis of national security. the authorized enhanced techniques have been publicly disclosed, and the cia has approved its former employees publication of detailed accounts of individuals and interrogation. ongoing classification of gerald document these practices serves only to conceal evidence of wrongdoing and to make
on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantÁnamo and to reject torture without exception or equivocation to the also criticized previous administration for executive secrecy, including repeated invocation of the state secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of course, and he promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has...
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. 350.6 days for bush to 266.9 for pwo*pl. -- for obama. factcheck.org says his nominees were confirmed more quickly than bush's measured from the dave nomination to the day of the confirmation vote. politifact, the average wait for george w. bush's circuit court nominees with a actually longer from nomination to confirmation. as you can see, mr. president, this is a manufactured crisis, one that does not in fact exist. in order to try to justify a power grab to fundamentally change the senate. at the beginning of each of the last two congresses, we've had this discussion at length. at the beginning of the previous congress, here's what the majority leader said back in january of 2011. said "i agree that the proper way to change the senate rules is through the procedures established in those rules, and i will oppose" -- i will oppose, he said. this is january of 2011. "any effort in this congress or the next to change the senate's rules other than through the regular order." i will oppose any effort in this congress or the next -- the one w
. 350.6 days for bush to 266.9 for pwo*pl. -- for obama. factcheck.org says his nominees were confirmed more quickly than bush's measured from the dave nomination to the day of the confirmation vote. politifact, the average wait for george w. bush's circuit court nominees with a actually longer from nomination to confirmation. as you can see, mr. president, this is a manufactured crisis, one that does not in fact exist. in order to try to justify a power grab to fundamentally change the senate....
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they're criticizing obama because they don't think he's liberal enough. if we put these comments into perspective, both stone and damon didn't think he did enough to dismantle president george w. bush's anti-terror policies.dis >> these are two colonels anyway, at least in this army. any chance that they'll move to the other side? that this will start a rethinking of their world view? >> you're laughing now. >> they're criticizing barack obama because he's not living up to their standards. they'll look for someone who's even more hard up than barack obama. >> a lot of citizens were heartened business remarks that ashton kutcher made at the celebrity choice awards. listen to what he said. >> when i was 13 i had my first job with any dad carrying shingles up on a roof. then i got a job at a restaurant. i never had a job in my life that i was better than. i was always lucky enough to have a job. and i never quit any job until i had my next job. so opportunities look a lot like work. >> boy, that sounds -- it doesn't sound too liberal to me. >> no, not at all
they're criticizing obama because they don't think he's liberal enough. if we put these comments into perspective, both stone and damon didn't think he did enough to dismantle president george w. bush's anti-terror policies.dis >> these are two colonels anyway, at least in this army. any chance that they'll move to the other side? that this will start a rethinking of their world view? >> you're laughing now. >> they're criticizing barack obama because he's not living up to...
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has allowed president obama to weaken the confirmation process. and that goes beyond just the politics of the moment. maybe it furthers a short-term political agenda but not the long-term interests of the snavment the majority has directly violated the formal role of the senate and plain statutory law that requires the senate to produce a budget every year. the budget control act of 1974 sets up a public legislative process, a public process, by which both the house and the is not must openly confront the nation's fiscal challenges every year and lay out a plan. for three years the majority in the senate has refused to comply with the law simply to avoid public accountability. the majority leader said it would be foolish to have a budget, his direct emote quote -- his direct words. senator conrad, chairman of the budget committee, was clearly unease inti this. senator conrad was determined, at least in his committee, on which i serve with him, he was going to bring up a budget, we were going to discuss it and we were going to mark it up. and then
has allowed president obama to weaken the confirmation process. and that goes beyond just the politics of the moment. maybe it furthers a short-term political agenda but not the long-term interests of the snavment the majority has directly violated the formal role of the senate and plain statutory law that requires the senate to produce a budget every year. the budget control act of 1974 sets up a public legislative process, a public process, by which both the house and the is not must openly...
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bush's nominees and two of president obama's nominees. so i ask consent to put in the record this summary of president obama's nominations, along with an article from "the washington post" that points out that president obama's nominees have been confirmed more rapidly than those of the last three presidents in his first term. i ask consent to put that in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. now, to be more specific about the -- about these matters, let's take circuit court judicial confirmations in president obama's first term. according to our research, the average time for president obama's nominees was 240 days. that's faster than president george w. bush, 277 days from nomination to confirmation. so circuit court judicial confirmations, which are usually the subject of great interest around here, president obama treated better than president george w. bush. slightly better. first-term district court nominees -- the obama average time, 221 days, is slower than george w. bush, 1
bush's nominees and two of president obama's nominees. so i ask consent to put in the record this summary of president obama's nominations, along with an article from "the washington post" that points out that president obama's nominees have been confirmed more rapidly than those of the last three presidents in his first term. i ask consent to put that in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. now, to be more specific about the...
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this is a program that started in the clinton administration, bush, now obama that really would accomplish that. 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough to make 17,000 warheads, would be taken off the market forever. a sword becomes a ploughshare by making comeecial-grade fuel out of t. it's a good program. we need to complete the program. and the reason we put a hold on the no, ma'am neef the secretary of energy is to -- nominee of the secretary of energy, is to get everybody's attention. we've been talking with the administration. we hope we can resolve this. but we're here today to speak for georgia and south carolina. we agree with the federal government. we want to take this 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium years ago with the understanding it would leave south carolina and not affect the environment of south carolina and georgia in a permanent way, and we're very d.o.e. friendly in south carolina and georgia. the savannah river site's right on the border. there's almost as many people from georgia working in the site as there is from south carolina. so my colleagues
this is a program that started in the clinton administration, bush, now obama that really would accomplish that. 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, enough to make 17,000 warheads, would be taken off the market forever. a sword becomes a ploughshare by making comeecial-grade fuel out of t. it's a good program. we need to complete the program. and the reason we put a hold on the no, ma'am neef the secretary of energy is to -- nominee of the secretary of energy, is to get everybody's...
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the senate confirmed 30 fewer of president obama's nominees than it did of president bush's at this same time. one of the most underresourced circuits is right here under our nose in washington, d.c. the d.c. circuit is often called the second-most important court in the land. although it may not make the headlines, it may not be as visible to the american people as this ongoing fight between the congress and the president, the d.c. circuit decides issues of national importance, from terrorism and detention to the scope of agency power. and they have importance to every american, not just the ones who happen to live in the district of columbia. and yet, its bench is almost half empty. congress has set the number of judgeships needed by the d.c. circuit court at 11, and right now they have just seven. president bush had the opportunity to appoint four judges to the d.c. circuit, including the tenth judicial position twice and the 11th judicial position once. yet, president obama has been denied the opportunity to make even a single appointment to the d.c. circuit court. despite four vacan
the senate confirmed 30 fewer of president obama's nominees than it did of president bush's at this same time. one of the most underresourced circuits is right here under our nose in washington, d.c. the d.c. circuit is often called the second-most important court in the land. although it may not make the headlines, it may not be as visible to the american people as this ongoing fight between the congress and the president, the d.c. circuit decides issues of national importance, from terrorism...
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bush do with this surplus, this huge surplus? he squandered it. he put two wars on the credit card, never paid for it, gave tax breaks to people who didn't need it and handed president obama a $1.2 trillion deficit, which is now projected to be $850 billion for 2013. it's going in the right direction under a democratic president. now, we want to get that down and we can get that down, and we can work together to get that down, but we do not have to do this sequester. history has shown us that the balanced approach we used when bill clinton was president of smart investments and things that help our people like job training and education and lifting up our children and making sure they don't go hungry, those kinds of investments pay off in a society. we had 23 million jobs. under george w. bush, we lost jobs. and this president, our president who just got re-elected, is following the model of bill clinton, a balanced approach to deficit reduction, investments in things that we need, cutting things that we don't need and working together. so i say i
bush do with this surplus, this huge surplus? he squandered it. he put two wars on the credit card, never paid for it, gave tax breaks to people who didn't need it and handed president obama a $1.2 trillion deficit, which is now projected to be $850 billion for 2013. it's going in the right direction under a democratic president. now, we want to get that down and we can get that down, and we can work together to get that down, but we do not have to do this sequester. history has shown us that...
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now we have obama -- a democrat nominating a republican and objected to by the republicans. exactly the reverse, exactly. there is no difference at all. and so i think that it should be abundantly clear to everyone that members of the committee -- now, i'm the ranking member of the armed services committee. every member of the committee, i will stand up, i will walk through fire to make sure that they have all their questions answered. that's what advice and contessa is all about. we want to -- advice and consent is all about. we want to look at it, in the case of our committee, we want to make sure everyone has a chance to fully look at the process and make sure that everything is out there. i see -- this is kind of a funny thing, madam president, this distinguished man over here, the junior senator from texas, senator cruz, lost his voice. you know, for a senator to lose his voice, that's -- what worse can happen than that? so he's not able to speak, but if he could, i would say that he would say it's not so much my concern, which is all the issues that had been articulate
now we have obama -- a democrat nominating a republican and objected to by the republicans. exactly the reverse, exactly. there is no difference at all. and so i think that it should be abundantly clear to everyone that members of the committee -- now, i'm the ranking member of the armed services committee. every member of the committee, i will stand up, i will walk through fire to make sure that they have all their questions answered. that's what advice and contessa is all about. we want to --...
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because, after all, it's president obama who nominated, not president bush. and they filibustered 34 of president obama's judicial nominees. the president's only been in there five years. that's twice as many nominees that required cloture during eight years of president bush's terms. most of them are, by any standard, noncontroversial. most of them are supported by well-known names in -- in the law, both republicans and democrats. but we still had to fight and get cloture to get them through. most recently the senate republicans decided to filibuster well-qualified now knee after well-qualified nominee for the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. the court has three vacant seats. now, during the bush administration -- during the bush administration, the senate confirmed president bush's nominees to the 9th and the 10th and the 11th seat and then there was a vacancy to the 10th seat and to the 10th seat again. but now when a new president has been elected -- i might say reelected by a solid majority, the senate republicans say, oh, no, wait a
because, after all, it's president obama who nominated, not president bush. and they filibustered 34 of president obama's judicial nominees. the president's only been in there five years. that's twice as many nominees that required cloture during eight years of president bush's terms. most of them are, by any standard, noncontroversial. most of them are supported by well-known names in -- in the law, both republicans and democrats. but we still had to fight and get cloture to get them through....